Agent skill

Darwin Skill

Darwin Skill (达尔文.skill): autonomous skill optimizer inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch.

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Install Darwin Skill

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HHU3637kr/skills --skill darwin-skill -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HHU3637kr/skills darwin-skill --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HHU3637kr/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/darwin-skill .claude/skills/darwin-skill && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "darwin-skill" agent skill from https://github.com/HHU3637kr/skills/tree/master/darwin-skill into .claude/skills/darwin-skill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "darwin-skill", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/HHU3637kr/skills/tree/master/darwin-skill

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HHU3637kr/skills --skill darwin-skill -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HHU3637kr/skills darwin-skill --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HHU3637kr/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/darwin-skill .agents/skills/darwin-skill && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "darwin-skill" agent skill from https://github.com/HHU3637kr/skills/tree/master/darwin-skill into .agents/skills/darwin-skill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "darwin-skill", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HHU3637kr/skills --skill darwin-skill -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HHU3637kr/skills darwin-skill --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HHU3637kr/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/darwin-skill .cursor/skills/darwin-skill && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "darwin-skill" agent skill from https://github.com/HHU3637kr/skills/tree/master/darwin-skill into .cursor/skills/darwin-skill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "darwin-skill", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/HHU3637kr/skills.git --path darwin-skill

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HHU3637kr/skills --skill darwin-skill -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HHU3637kr/skills darwin-skill --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HHU3637kr/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/darwin-skill .gemini/skills/darwin-skill && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "darwin-skill" agent skill from https://github.com/HHU3637kr/skills/tree/master/darwin-skill into .gemini/skills/darwin-skill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "darwin-skill", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HHU3637kr/skills darwin-skill

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HHU3637kr/skills --skill darwin-skill -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HHU3637kr/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/darwin-skill .github/skills/darwin-skill && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "darwin-skill" agent skill from https://github.com/HHU3637kr/skills/tree/master/darwin-skill into .github/skills/darwin-skill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "darwin-skill", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HHU3637kr/skills --skill darwin-skill -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HHU3637kr/skills darwin-skill --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HHU3637kr/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/darwin-skill .opencode/skills/darwin-skill && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "darwin-skill" agent skill from https://github.com/HHU3637kr/skills/tree/master/darwin-skill into .opencode/skills/darwin-skill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "darwin-skill", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: darwin-skill
GitHub stars: 145
Used in: 1 other repo
Token cost: ~2.2k tokens
SKILL.md length: 300 words
Files: 35 (incl. scripts, assets)
Skills in repo: 37
Repo updated: Sep 23, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: None found

At a glance

Darwin Skill (达尔文.skill): autonomous skill optimizer inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch.

Works in 6 steps: 初始化 → 5: 测试Prompt设计 → 基线评估（Baseline） → …
User mentions 优化skill
SKILL.md covers 设计哲学, 评估 Rubric（8维度，总分100）, 自主优化循环 and results.tsv 格式, plus 5 more sections
Calls git and npx

What it does

Darwin Skill is an agent skill from HHU3637kr/skills. Darwin Skill (达尔文.skill): autonomous skill optimizer inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch. Evaluates SKILL.md files using an 8-dimension rubric (structure + effectiveness), runs hill-climbing with git version control, validates improvements through test prompts, and generates visual result cards. Use when user mentions "优化skill", "skill评分", "自动优化", "auto optimize", "skill质量检查", "达尔文", "darwin", "帮我改改skill", "skill怎么样", "提升skill质量", "skill review", "skill打分".

Its SKILL.md is about 2.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 35 other files, including scripts and assets (for example `README.md` and `README_EN.md`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Git workflow, Quizzes and assessments and Autonomous loops. It works with Git.

When your agent uses it

User mentions 优化skill
Tasks that involve Git workflow
Tasks that involve Quizzes and assessments

Example prompts

“优化skill”
“skill评分”
“auto optimize”
“/darwin-skill”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

初始化
5: 测试Prompt设计
基线评估（Baseline）
优化循环
5: 探索性重写（可选）
汇总报告

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a2cccf6. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships 1 file in scripts/, which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- git
- npx
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
- github.com
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Darwin Skill loads about 2.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 119 tokens; SKILL.md has 300 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~119
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~2.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 300 words (~2,154 tokens).

name: darwin-skill
disable-model-invocation: true

Outline of SKILL.md

Darwin Skill
设计哲学
评估 Rubric（8维度，总分100）
结构维度（60分）— 静态分析
效果维度（40分）— 需要实测
评分规则
关于「实测表现」维度
自主优化循环
Phase 0: 初始化
Phase 0.5: 测试Prompt设计
Phase 1: 基线评估（Baseline）
Phase 2: 优化循环
Phase 2.5: 探索性重写（可选）
Phase 3: 汇总报告
results.tsv 格式
优化策略库
P0: 效果问题（实测发现的）
P1: 结构性问题
P2: 具体性问题
P3: 可读性问题
约束规则
使用方式
全量优化（推荐首次使用）
单个优化
仅评估不改
查看历史
设计灵感
成果卡片生成（Result Card）
卡片模板
生成流程

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 34 other files (scripts, assets) in darwin-skill of HHU3637kr/skills.

SKILL.md
README.md
README_EN.md
assets/aso-hero.png
assets/banner-check.png
assets/banner-en-check.png
assets/banner-en.svg
assets/banner.svg
assets/chart-loop-en.html
assets/chart-loop-en.png
assets/chart-loop.html
assets/chart-loop.png
assets/chart-phases-en.html
assets/chart-phases-en.png
assets/chart-phases.html
assets/chart-phases.png
assets/chart-ratchet-en.html
assets/chart-ratchet-en.png
assets/chart-ratchet.html
assets/chart-ratchet.png
… and 15 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a2cccf6

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in HHU3637kr/skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

infometa/workbuddyskillsskills/darwin-skill experts/level-designer/skills/darwin-skill

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Questions about Darwin Skill

What does Darwin Skill do?

Darwin Skill (达尔文.skill): autonomous skill optimizer inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch. Darwin Skill is an agent skill from HHU3637kr/skills.skill): autonomous skill optimizer inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch.

When should I use Darwin Skill?

Darwin Skill fits situations like: user mentions 优化skill; tasks that involve Git workflow; tasks that involve Quizzes and assessments.

How do I install Darwin Skill in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add HHU3637kr/skills --skill darwin-skill -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (darwin-skill in HHU3637kr/skills) into .claude/skills/darwin-skill in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Darwin Skill in Codex?

Run `npx skills add HHU3637kr/skills --skill darwin-skill -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (darwin-skill in HHU3637kr/skills) into .agents/skills/darwin-skill in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Darwin Skill in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add HHU3637kr/skills --skill darwin-skill -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/darwin-skill, .gemini/skills/darwin-skill, .github/skills/darwin-skill and .opencode/skills/darwin-skill in your project.

What does Darwin Skill need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Darwin Skill needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git and npx).

Does Darwin Skill access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Darwin Skill safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Darwin Skill use?

No licence was found for Darwin Skill or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Darwin Skill use?

About 2.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Darwin Skill?

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Who maintains Darwin Skill?

HHU3637kr (a GitHub user) maintains it in HHU3637kr/skills, which has 145 GitHub stars. The repository holds 37 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 23, 2026.

Source: HHU3637kr/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Darwin Skill

Install Darwin Skill

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

Used in 1 other repository

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Install Darwin Skill

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

Used in 1 other repository

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